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The postfix service must be enabled for mail delivery.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
RHEL-06-000287 RHEL-06-000287 RHEL-06-000287_rule Low
Description
Local mail delivery is essential to some system maintenance and notification tasks.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000287_chk )
To check that the "postfix" service is disabled in system boot configuration, run the following command:

# chkconfig "postfix" --list

Output should indicate the "postfix" service has either not been installed, or has been disabled at all runlevels, as shown in the example below:

# chkconfig "postfix" --list
"postfix" 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

Run the following command to verify "postfix" is disabled through current runtime configuration:

# service postfix status

If the service is disabled the command will return the following output:

postfix is stopped


If the service is not enabled, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000287_fix)
The Postfix mail transfer agent is used for local mail delivery within the system. The default configuration only listens for connections to the default SMTP port (port 25) on the loopback interface (127.0.0.1). It is recommended to leave this service enabled for local mail delivery. The "postfix" service can be enabled with the following command:

# chkconfig postfix on